00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 251                                                                          
01 "An Act exempting certain foreign pleasure craft from the mandatory pilotage                                            
02 requirement."                                                                                                           
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 08.62.180 is amended to read:                                                                     
05            Sec. 08.62.180.  Exemptions.  This chapter does not apply to                                               
06                 (1)  vessels subject to federal pilot requirements under 46 U.S.C. 8502                                 
07       except as provided in AS 08.62.185;                                                                               
08                 (2)  fishing vessels, including fish processing and fish tender vessels,                                
09       registered in the United States or in British Columbia, Canada;                                                   
10                 (3)  vessels propelled by machinery and not more than 65 feet in length                                 
11       over deck, except tugboats and towboats propelled by steam;                                                       
12                 (4)  vessels of United States registry of less than 300 gross tons and                                  
13       towboats of United States registry and vessels owned by the State of Alaska, engaged                              
14       exclusively                                                                                                       

01                      (A)  on the rivers of Alaska; or                                                                   
02                      (B)  in the coastwise trade on the west or north coast of the                                      
03            United States including Alaska and Hawaii, and including British Columbia,                                   
04            Yukon Territory, and Northwest Territories, Canada;                                                          
05                 (5)  vessels of Canada, built in Canada and manned by Canadian                                          
06       citizens, engaged in frequent trade between                                                                       
07                      (A)  British Columbia and Southeastern Alaska south of 58                                          
08            degrees, 10 minutes North latitude, if reciprocal exemptions are granted by                                  
09            Canada to vessels owned by the State of Alaska and those of United States                                    
10            registry; or                                                                                                 
11                      (B)  northern Alaska north of 68 degrees, 7 minutes North                                          
12            latitude and Yukon Territory or Northwest Territories;                                                       
13                 (6)  pleasure craft of United States registry; [AND]                                                    
14                 (7)  pleasure craft of foreign registry of less than 300 gross tons as                                  
15       measured under 46 C.F.R. 69.51 - 69.75; and                                                                   
16                 (8)  pleasure craft of foreign registry of less than 200 feet in length                             
17       overall that are issued an exemption from this chapter under (b) of this section.                             
18    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.62.180 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
19            (b)  Upon written application by the owner or an agent of the owner of the                                   
20       pleasure craft, the board may issue an exemption from this chapter to a pleasure craft                            
21       of foreign registry that is not more than 200 feet in length overall.  The application                            
22       must contain the name, address, and telephone number of the applicant; the name,                                  
23       address, and telephone number of the owner of the vessel; a general description of the                            
24       vessel, including nationality, home port, hull number, length, displacement, and                                  
25       general condition; the purpose of the visit to the state; the names and addresses of the                          
26       master, crew, and passengers on the vessel; a description of the experience of the                                
27       master and crew in the water of the state; the names of the crew members who speak                                
28       English; the type and quantity of fuel and other hazardous substances carried on the                              
29       vessel; a description of the communications and navigation equipment carried on the                               
30       vessel; and a description of propulsion, communications, or navigation equipment on                               
31       the vessel that is not operational.